Austria 1867-A 5 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 42016 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 5 Kreuzer, 1867-A. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph. PCGS MS-64. A RARE one-year type that becomes exceptionally difficult in any Mint State grade, let alone the present condition. Standing as the sole finest certified by PCGS, with one higher at NGC, this piece offers wonderfully wholesome surfaces that are for all appearances Gem, save for some tiny marks to the right of Franz Joseph's nose."
Recorded mintage: 69,000.
Specification: 1.33 g, 0.375 fine silver, 0.016 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-2198.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
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